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We are a research and education center dedicated to creating electric processing systems of the highest value to society. MORE ABOUT CPES

$10.1M
Annual research Expenditures
3095
Conference and Journal papers
171
Patents awarded
83
Industry members
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We are a research and education center dedicated to creating electric processing systems of the highest value to society.

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Recent Inventions

Monolithic Cascode Multi-Channel High Electron Mobility Transistors
Patent: Yuhao Zhang, Ming Xiao

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Planar Omnidirectional Wireless Power Transfer System
Patent: Junjie Feng, Qiang Li, Fred C. Lee

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Coupled Inductor Winding Structure for Common-Mode Noise Reduction
Patent: Shuo Wang, Fred C. Lee, Qiang Li

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News

CPES Announces New Center Director

The Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES) at Virginia Tech is ente...

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Che-Wei Chang Earns Ph.D. from CPES

CPES proudly congratulates Dr. Che-Wei Chang on earning his Ph.D. in Ele...

Photograph of Che-Wei Chang standing with Dr. Burgos after his defense.

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New CPES YouTube Video

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Events

Industry Webinar - Average-Value Modeling of Cascaded H-Bridge Medium-Voltage Drives by Mohammad Nair Aalam
December 10, 2025

CPES Industry Webinars offer engineers from member companies the opportu...

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2026 CPES Annual Conference
April 20, 2026

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